Please see attached posters with details of Kirklees Council’s Looking After Me Course and Carer Journey Sessions, if you would like to attend any of them please email cjs@kirklees.gov.uk or ring 01484 414774 (option 3).
Kirklees Council’s Looking After Me Course and Carer Journey Sessions
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Volunteer Patient Helper/Supporter – Based at the Child Development Centre, Dewsbury District Hospital
Volunteer Patient Helper/Supporter – Based at the Child Development Centre, Dewsbury District Hospital
| Locala’s Children’s Therapy Service is made up of a multi-disciplinary team which includes Speech and Language Therapy, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy and Play Therapy. The team work with children aged 0-16 years.
They treat a wide range of conditions using specialist skills, which could include: · Communication and/or feeding and swallowing difficulties · A delay or difficulty in acquiring physical, social and educational skills The Patient Helper/Supporter volunteer role is based in the Child Development Centre at Dewsbury District Hospital, Halifax Road, Dewsbury, WF13 4HS. The role involves:
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Current vacancies: (Approximately 3 hours per shift)
Tuesday AM
Tuesday PM
Wednesday PM
Minimum period of commitment: 6 months (including a 6 week trial period)
For further information about this role, please view the volunteer role description here, email: volunteering@locala.org.uk, or call: 030 3330 9392.
For further details about Locala’s volunteer programme and to complete an online application form, please click here: https://www.locala.org.uk/about-us/volunteering/vacancies-application/.
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Extra Autism Friendly Cinema sessions. 14th Aug
See an autism friendly screening of The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature on Monday 14th August at 10:15am, at the participating ODEON cinemas listed below.
More information available here
Extra ODEON autism friendly screening -Despicable Me 3 on 21 August at 10:15am
More information available here
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NHS North Kirklees survey on patient choice.
NHS North Kirklees Clinical Commissioning Group believes patient choice is crucial and should underpin the delivery of a patient-centred health service. Choice empowers individuals to obtain the health and social care services they need. Providing the public and patients with high quality information enables them to make effective choices that are right for them and their families.
There are a range of choices that patients should expect to be offered in the NHS services they use. Patients using health services should, as a minimum, be able to say:
- I have discussed with my GP/health care professional the different options, pros and cons including, where appropriate, whether to have treatment
- Following agreement to progress my care, I was offered choice of where to go for my first hospital/clinic appointment or diagnostic test, as appropriate
- I was given a chance to choose a suitable alternative hospital/clinic when I was going to wait longer than the maximum time specified in my legal rights (18 weeks, or 2 weeks to see a specialist for cancer)
- Information to help me make my decisions was available and I knew where to find it in a format that was accessible to me
- I was given sufficient time to consider what was right for me.
If your GP is in North Kirklees and you have been referred for further treatment within the last 12 months, we would be grateful if you could please spare the time to complete the brief questionnaire here about your experience of choice.
The deadline for completion of the survey is Friday 1 September 2017.
Further information about Patient Choice can be found on NHS England website here.
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Summer and Year round Activity Information for Children with Additional Needs
Here is information on several groups providing groups and activities for children with additional needs in both North and South Kirklees.
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The Kirklees Visual Impairment Network will be hosting an exhibition of Low Vision products on Wednesday 2nd August.
The Kirklees Visual Impairment Network will be hosting an exhibition of Low Vision products on Wednesday 2nd August at our premises: KVIN,
Ground Floor, 12 New Street, Huddersfield, HD1 2Ar, from 10.30am till 14.30pm.
The following companies will be attending:
Calibre Talking books
Enhanced Vision
Dolphin Products
We can arrange to do a meet and greet at either Huddersfield Bus or Train stations, with prior notice, please contact
Martin on 079 7460 3699 or e-mail martin.eatherley@kvin.org.uk
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Tandem Trekkers at leeds road Sat 15th July 12-2pm
Tandem Trekkers are at Leeds Road Sports Complex this Saturday 15th July, from 12 till 2pm, as we are always wanting enthusiastic cyclists as sighted “pilots” or visually impaired to get involved on the back as “stokers”?
So why not come along and have a go, its great fun, good laugh and meet some lovely people?
This is open to people of all ages.
Martin on 079 7460 3699 or e-mail martin.eatherley@kvin.org.uk
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Carers Count Newsletter and What’s on Booklet
Carers Count support carers who support people of all ages including parent carers. Please visit their website here for more information.
They have recently released a new newsletter available CarersCount_Newsletter_Spring2017 (4)
They also hold lots of different sessions / courses e.g. coffee and chat, craft club, Tai Chi, meditation to name just a few. CarersCount_WhatsOnBooklet_June-Dec2017
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